Silver Express

Product catalog summary

Overview: The document provides technical specifications and details for the 'Silver Express', a 45-meter high-speed vehicle-passenger ferry delivered in November 2005 to the client, L'Express des Iles, SA. The ferry is destined for Guadeloupe and was constructed at yard number 284.

Principal Dimensions: The ferry has an overall length of 45.24 meters, a waterline length of 40.2 meters, a moulded beam of 12.3 meters, a moulded depth of 4.0 meters, and an approximate hull draft of 1.8 meters.

Payload and Capacities: The ferry can accommodate 360 passengers and 10 cars, with a maximum deadweight of 67 tonnes. It supports maximum axle loads of 1 tonne and has vehicle deck clear heights of 2.2 meters. The crew capacity is 6, and the fuel capacity is 21,000 litres.

Propulsion: The ferry is powered by four MTU 16V 396 TE74L main engines, four ZF 7550 gearboxes, and four KaMeWa 63 S11 waterjets.

Performance: The ferry can achieve a speed of 38.0 knots at 400 tonnes deadweight and 90% maximum continuous rating (MCR).

Classification: The vessel is classified by Bureau Veritas with the notation 1 X HULL X MACH X AUT-UMS HSC-CAT A and flies the French flag.

Contact Information: The document lists contact details for Austal, located at 100 Clarence Beach Road, Henderson, Western Australia 6166, with phone and fax numbers, and an email address for sales inquiries.

Catalog excerpts

destination: guadeloupe PRINCIPAL DIMENSIONS metres metres metres metres metres PAYLOAD AND CAPACITIES 360 10 67 tonnes 1 tonne 2.2 metres 6 21,000 litres Passengers Cars Maximum deadweight Maximum axle loads Vehicle deck clear heights Crew Fuel delivered: november Length overall Length (waterline) Beam (moulded) Depth (moulded) Hull draft (approx.) PROPULSION Main engines Gearboxes Waterjets CLASSIFICATION Bureau Veritas 1 X HULL X MACH X AUT-UMS HSC-CAT A French Flag client: l'express des iles, sa

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Vessel type: 45m High Speed Vehicle-Passenger Ferry destination: guadeloupe upper deck delivered: november main deck 100 Clarence Beach Road Tel +61 9410 1111 100 Clarence Beach Road Tel +61 8 8 9410 1111 Henderson Fax +61 9410 2564 Henderson Fax +61 8 8 9410 2564 Western Australia 6166 [email protected] Western Australia 6166 [email protected] www.austal.com www.austal.com client: l'express des iles, sa

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